The Long Movie short list
Nonstop watching of the nearly 9 hours across the 1972, '74 & '90 parts of this franchise is an offer you can't refuse
The Godfather
Here's a bottle cap fact: Quaker Oats sold this beverage company to Triarc for $300 million in 1997
Snapple
If you're a fast learner, you're said to be "quick on the" this
uptake
A 1910 recipe for these sweets calls for chocolate, flour & chopped walnuts & says to "crease in small squares before cool"
brownies
To attach the new calendar to the bulletin board, use one of these that the Brits call a drawing pin
a thumbtack
This word for an afternoon nap derives from Latin for "sixth" because workers often rested about 6 hours after dawn
a siesta
It takes a while before Cap picks up & wields Mjolnir in this film, but as it runs about 3 hours, Steve had some time (on a few levels)
Avengers: Endgame
Carmen Sandiego & Barbie were no longer friends after this company unloaded The Learning Company
Mattel
In a challenging situation, you might find yourself here "without a paddle" (please keep it clean)
up a creek
this juice is a breakfast stable and is one of the few fruits that it's name is the description.
Orange
The front of the U.S. $1 bill states that it is legal tender for all these, public & private
debts
By coincidence, this literary character known for napping had the same last name as Washington Irving's publisher
Rip Van Winkle
The only Best Picture Oscar winner to have a hyphen in its title was this 3 1/2-hour 1959 epic
Ben-Hur
In 2021 this telecommunications company got out of entertainment by spinning off WarnerMedia
AT&T
A difficult struggle is this type of "battle", also the type of charge Teddy Roosevelt led the Rough Riders on in 1898
uphill
The Swiss creator of these crackers came up with them as a birthday present for his wife, a Pisces
Goldfish
Doing things in this way means elusively & indirectly messaging your intent
subtly
True Parrot Heads know the title of his final album, "Equal Strain on All Parts", was his grandfather's way of referring to a nap
Jimmy Buffett
At about 3 1/2 hours, it took a while for this Oklahoma-set 2023 DiCaprio film to eclipse
Killers of the Flower Moon
You say Daimler & I say Dimler, Daimler, Dimler, tomato, tomahto, they called it off with this car brand in 2007. Originally one of the "Big 3" Automobile Manufacturers
Chrysler
It's one of the 4 basic boxing punches
uppercut
It's a New Orleans tradition to serve these legumes & rice on Monday
red beans
to lose one of these is an unfortunate thing or to be out on one is dangerous
limb
This president's nap divided a "two-shift day"; he suffered a fatal heart attack in 1973 after lying down one afternoon at his Texas ranch
LBJ
Could this 1971 film about Jewish peasants in Russia have been shorter? Maybe, but when you have Topol, you just gotta go 3 hours!
Fiddler on the Roof
FTC issues made computer chip giant ARM call off a deal with this AI company once valued at $5 trillion
Nvidia
The title of this classic British TV series & its later revival refers to the living quarters of the wealthy versus those who work around the house
Upstairs, Downstairs
In 2014 Time named this chain's sliders "the most influential burger of all time"
White Castle
Lara Croft was a Raider of these
tomb
During sleep, your brain is busy moving new memories from this part of the brain to the neocortex for long-term storage
the hippocampus